mr. john john kuhni and his wif, mrs.ring a rented tuxedo. no, what are you wearing? i'm a lawyer in chicago. you guys all look great. mr. robert b. hansen and his wife, mrs. kathleen hansen. mr. douglas redacker. the honorable senator amy clowbashar and her husband, mr. john mittsler. >> this would be, o.k., cost $170. >> and the shoes? >> $29. yes, that's correct, macy's. there you are. thank you. >> mr. eric garsety and his wife, ms. amy wacliff. mr. james rogers and his wife, mrs. mary ann rogers. mrs. carol fulke and her husband, mr. bernie fulke. mr. samuel palmisano. the honorable secretary timothy geithner, secretary of the treasury, and his wife, mrs. carol geithner. mr. jerry sykes and mrs. barbara rosaovich mr. david leanhard and his wife, mrs. laura lionhard. mr. euro -- antonio perez and his wife, mrs. laurie perez. mr. robert mcdonald and his wife, mrs. diane mcdonald. mr. william drosniac and his daughter, ms. natallia drosniac. dr. eileen rosenfeld and her husband, mr. richard ilgin. mr. robert gillette an

. >> mr. john? >> can i ask the prime minister if he aware to close the passport office to make a 6-year-old boy to run a 3-mile review to make an interview and another boy to travel to new castle. is this acceptable? >> i'll look very closely at the point my honorable friend raises but, of course, in the modern age we have all sorts of ways of carrying out interviews that don't necessarily involve people having to travel to a psport office. what matters is having an efficient service so people can get the documentation they need so they can go on a holiday they want. >> thank you, mr. speaker. given the number of decisions the prime minister has made, forestry selloff and school -- >> you need a list. >> it is a wonder that he ignores which way is he facing. do both have the fruit to - [inaudible] >> i apologize. prime minister? >> i'mfraid i didn't get all of that. [laughter] >> that is the -- that's the trouble with -- ord >> order, order. >> it's the importance of government backbenches to be so

in that, i would like to introduce mr. john gallagher that is retiring after i will say how many years of service. he and i came from the police academy together. 41. >> good evening, commissioners. i will be the permit officer for two more days and then my place will be taken. this place has had a lot of negativity over the last years and a lot of criticism. how to save the think we finally got in. we are on the same page. i've been working very closely with the last year-and-a-half for the had the power to suspend and we sent to police reports to them. how to take a few minutes to thank you and thank them. tenge in industry is safer for it. >> thank you for everything you have given to the city and county of san francisco. president newlin: public comment, members of the public may address items that are within the subject matter of the commission. with respect to agenda items, they may address us for up to 3 minutes. is there anybody here that would like to do public comment? ok. review and approve the mets of april 26, may

. -- mr. john leibowitz said he is surprised it has not taken off more. >> the sec said explicitly net neutrality, that kind of thing was ok. it may be the only fair way to manage the network. you know, a shared network in my neighborhood, the vast majority of my neighbors get e-mail and surf the web pages. now, if one of my neighbors happens to be running a music server because they love music and they have 9000 songs, that should not mean that i have a terribly degraded experience and i have to pay for it. what chairman liebowitz is saying is economics 101, which is to say it is efficient. if you're the 20% that wants to run a music server, that is okay. by you should pay more for that consumption. -- but you should pay more for that consumption. and the family that is just checking web pages and e-mail, they should pay less. he has an antitrust thinker and i am, too. and that is a sufficient answer, one would say. there is a limited amount of capacity and you have to manage the scarcity. the mar

devil really so black as these paintings gives the take to just how the world nuclear association mr john rich. the earthquake and tsunami that he did japanese coast damaged nuclear power plants the disaster happened four months ago but the echo is only getting louder with time germany says it will give up nuclear energy in ten years switzerland among some other countries are full of it but the majority is not ready to say farewell to cheap energy generated by nuclear power plants they say nuclear fears do not hold water and careful and pragmatic planning could bring more benefits than a policy of denial. oh mr mitchell welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us it's a pleasure to be alexander it's a pleasure to be here first of all as. the forum that we talk about what's that motto any idea behind them this forum is it is if you say to parents as i would guess it should be this year the form that's being held in moscow now is an extension of previous events and it basically is an opportunity to showcase the expanding capabilities of the russian nuclear industry which are i

cairo not a peep out of the corporate media and meanwhile we have william burns in cairo talking with mr john tally the provisional head at the moment of the government and even the trial of the interior minister who is hated so much on the interior minister and also mubarak has been adjourned people are not getting what they thought they were getting when they toppled hosni mubarak we must remember that joe biden and hillary clinton didn't want to go back to go as a last name of barak and his cronies so many of them are retaining power and he's a very dangerous situation and we mustn't forget what's crucial here for be as rational the international outlook is this is canal that's where trade goes through and it is the most populous country arab country in the arab world and we're not hearing anything about it in the corporate news it's as if that revolutions done and dusted in the egyptian people of. and now in brief for you the international stories we're covering today a u.s. flag tribunals issued arrest warrants in connection with the murder in two thousand and five of love in all its for

it will be moderatelid by our national correspondent, mr. johning. >>> up next here on cnn, drew griffin digging through the sthouns of e-mails sarah palin received and sent when she was governor of alaska. when we come back, he'll tell us about the one she sent when she became john mccain's running mate. >> we also have the latest on congressman anthony weiner who announced he's entering a treatment center. >> many of you have been asking us questions, reaching out online, you can reach us on twitter, facebook, cnn.com, and foursquare.com. we're back in a moment. economic. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that's a huge breakthrough. that's good for our country's energy security and our economy. >>> before sarah palin became a force to be reckoned with in politics. she became the well-

first, mr. john travolta. thanks a lot. hair is really frizzy. like i don't know how you expect to sell these things. >> apart from the hair, which is outrageous, what do you think about that? >> the striped shirt. >> everything, the fashion disaster. >> i took that act, i had that act, that was my only act. i had -- someone bought me a troll doll for my high school graduation. they bought me a troll doll with the fuzzy hair. first of all, i don't know what i'm go to do with the troll doll. thank you for the present but seriously. i remember my mother heard about this impression contest on the radio and said, jimmy, you should enter this contest. it's at bananas comedy club. i know you do all those voices up in your room. >> did you love the buzz of laughter coming from people? >> i think it was the pleasing people kind of thing. you told a joke and you got a laugh and it's like, that's cool. i got a good reaction. there's nothing like it. you know from doing "america's got talent," in front of a crowd. there's nothing like it, if it's a good bit

mr. john travolta. his hair's all frizzy. like i don't expect for you to sell these things. so weird. >> apart from the hair which is outrageous, what are you thinking when you watch that? >> the striped shirt? >> the fashion disaster. >> i had that act -- that was my only act i had. someone bought me a troll doll for my high school graduation in high school. bought me a troll doll with the frizzy hair. first of all i don't know what i'm going to do with this doll. but my mother -- i heard about this impression contest on the radio. my mother said you should enter this contest. i know you do all those voices up in rain shower your room. >> did you love the buzz of laughter coming from people? >> that was the thing. it was that pleasing people type of thing. where you told the joke and you got a laugh and you're like, that's cool. i got a good reaction. there's nothing like it. it's an adrenaline rush. you know from doing "america's got talent" in front of a crowd. there's nothing like it. when you've finished, if it's a good clip, you say something cool and the crowd goes nu

mr. john kissell, administrator of tsa as a transportation security administration and he will update us on the security efforts. the director of homeland security and justice issues for the gao, the government accountability office, and we will listen with interest to your recommendations. mr. o'connor, john o'connor, amtrak chief of police acting vice president of the office of security and special operations he will discuss the challenges facing amtrak and the steps it's taking in the emerging threats i think all of you for being here and mr. pistol if he would please began and we would ask you to try to keep your remarks to five minutes. thank you for your strong support with our partners as we try to address the surface trepidation issues we are also aware of and so i am pleased to appear before the committee today to discuss the efforts of the tsa in partnership with dhs, and amtrak and other leaders to provide mass-transit and passenger security. last month the president announced the o

mr. president. >> john, stay where you are, bob, steven, you, too. the top five most important issues to voters have one thing in common. i'll tell you what on the other side. >>> the economy remains issue number one to voters. the only one that more than half of the public says will be extremely important to their vote for president next year. but look at the rest of the top five. unemployment, health care, gas prices and the federal deficit. they're all about your money. you need to go to number six before you get to terrorism. and down even farther than that, we're showing you to find hut-button issues like abortion, illegal immigration and gay marriage. bob, what exactly can a voter reasonable expect in terms of lowering gas prices? >> well, nothing, hardly anything at all from the president. but i think john was correct in the prior segment when he said we're not going to get much in the way of investment before the election next year because the republicans hold the house and they're just not going to permit anything like that. so i think we're

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i'al also like to welcome remember john tierney.ew j mr. albio sires have new jersey will be sitting in. thank you all for being here. today reexamining the administration'sx policies.stats the past decade the united siates has focused much of its attention on the middle eastame since the september 11thrs in attack. americans have invested over a trillion dollars. since 20,016,072 americans have died in operation enduringfrm, freedom, iraqi freedom and a new dawn.n another 44,266 have beeninjure injured. in afghani tstan alone these numbers have risen dramatically since our current president took office in 2009.with wednesday mr. to represent obama as the intention to a trot 2012. 33,000 troops by the fall of 2012 which will leave approximately 67,000 troopss behind which is twice as many ae when president obama entered office. i support a withdrawal. because it is the right thing ts do based on the facts and not because it is convenient. while we combat terrorism in the middle east we must not neglect threats that we face in our own hemisp

mr. williams, this is john wooden, the former basketball coach at ucla. i am thinking, i know who you are. i am not worthy of such a project. testing you like to do that, you can go on ahead. in every poll, he is rated poti number 1 coach in the history of sports. by all rights he could be arrogant and impossible to get along with. there was just this week, humble spirit to him. every time you left them, there was a desire, i want to be more like coach. tavis: one of the things i found fascinating about him, he was an unapologetic and abiding christian. one of the seven principles was loving the bible and love in literature. when you talk to the folks who knew him, amongst all of these players over the years, christians, agnostics, atheists, kareem goes another direction. i never got the sense from his players or anybody else that he was into proselytizing. >> he was not found his only stephanie studies throw to. he left his face out in front of us. we saw great consistency in his life. we saw an incredible marriage in front of their eyes. the only woman

the remaining witnesses on the second panel are mr. john dotson. he is a special agent in the phoenix field division of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. mr. olindo, lee, as he is known, is a special agent in the field division. and mr. peter portelli is the group supervisor of the phoenix field division. ladies and gentlemen, pursuant to the rules of our committee, all witnesses are to be sworn in order to testify. would you please rise to take the oath? raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. in order to allow time particularly with such a large panel, your entire written statements and any conclusive material you want to have put in the record will be placed in the record. feel free to summarize and try to stay within five minutes. for the field agents, we will hold you closer to it. for the mother and sister, not so

mr. priebus is john ensign a creep as well? >> well, you know, listen -- >> no, sorry, can you just answer that? >> john ensign resigned. i'm not going to get -- >> was he a creep prior to his resignation? >> i have no idea about whether or not he was a creep or not. but the man resigned and he did the honorable thing. and the reality is that i think anthony weiner should do the same. >> i have no idea if john ensign was a creep? should be noted that john ensign only he says did the honorable thing and resigned after it was clear that he was going to have to testify in front of the senate ethics committee. after testifies clear that at the timics committee had enough dirt to recommend his expulsion from the senate. he didn't resign in shame, oh i've done wrong. he resigned about four feet in front of the pitch forks coming after him from the senate he was part of. he only resigned because he was about to get thrown out. he didn't resign in shame. is that the honorable thing? he presided over a republican party that counted ensi

i give you thanks for the life and service to this nation and this house of mr. john patrick murtha. may he and those who served in our military may all rest in peace. please keep all the members of this congress and all who worked for the people's house in good health that they might faithfully fulfill the great responsibility given them by the people of this great nation. bless us this day and every day. may all that is done here this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: mr. speaker, i objec

i'd like to turn to a house commissioner mr. johnaly, please inform us about the latest thing in this area, and what you said to the counsel on the rapid alert system. commissioner, the floor is yours. >> well, thank you very much. to start with let me also express once again my condolences of those suffers from the death and disease caused by this outbreak. in the current face of the crisis, we have to focus all our efforts on supporting the patients suffering from the disease, rapidly identifying the source assuring right information to the public, and fighting this with res strixes. there's now 166 producing e. coli cases and there's multiple deaths in germany and one in sweden. other cases are reported in other member states and it's reported 13 cases and the united states has four cases. the commission is using all of the tools at its di spoa sal working to support them in containing this outbreak. in dealing with this outbreak, the importance of rigorous science and coordinated communication, broaden investigation cannot be ove

were very courageous they file a whistleblower suit you know they go to trial atreus attorney john chambliss mr sosa lawyers. this. all of the year and from there on him through enough than ever is need to it's up to the son of the story to distort the story in a way that we will defeat monsanto these folks refused to do it in this wonderful steve wilson played his own case you know what this story cost. two careers. in the office. there was only one way or wilson could win under judge roll steinberg instructed the jury for they'd have to prove w. t.v. station management for had deliberately tried to distort a news proof of a violation requires that the plaintiffs establish that the via t.v. tease station or news management acted intentionally and deliberately to falsify or distort plainness proposed a news report on deviates wilson lost a genie won her case because she threatened to disclose to the federal communications commission on your oath the broadcast of a false distorted or slanted news report yes so a creep proved news distortion and you wouldn't know it from the spin on the t.v. teas

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and i know john is here with his family. his father. mr. osaki and his daughter, san and wife, julie, let's give it up to john osaki. [applause]. >> before i say anything. can we real quick give it up for john adachi. you know. i really want to think jeff for his leadership. his willingness. you have extended your office and given us this opportunity to create positive change in your schools, in our streets and i really want to thank you for that. i want to just make a couple quick announcements. to my colleagues. i am show proud what we have accomplished. we have given a voice to many who have suffered in silence. i want to acknowledge 2 individuals who have carried out our mission. you met angela chan from the asian law office. can you give it up for them. i also want to say to be members of the safety america partnership. our efforts have been over lookd and unappreciated, but i know what tremendous contributions we have made to the quality of life in our neighborhoods. i am looking forward to continuing that in the future. it feels acwar

the remaining witnesses are mr. johncial agent in the phoenix field division of the alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. mr. olindo "lee" casa is special agent of the phoenix field division, and mr. peter forcelli is the bureau of alcohol, gabbing, and firearms. ladies and gentlemen, all witnesses are to be sworn in order to testify. would you please rise to take the oath? raise your right hands. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. ..ll witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. in order to allow time, particularly with such a large panel, your entire written statement and any inclusive material you want to have put in the record will be placed in the record. so feel free to summarize, try to stay within five minutes. for the field agents, we will hold you closer to it, mother and sister, not so much. we'll start wi

schapiro, and our fifth witness is chairman of commodities trading commission, and our last witness is mr. john walsh, acting comptroller, and we welcome the panelists. we start with undersecretary brainard. >> well, thank you, chairman baucus,. i appreciate the opportunity. there's some who would argue the united states is moving too fast on financial reform, that we should slow it down, wait to see what other countries implement. i don't agree. by moving first and leading from a position of strength, we are eellating the world standards to ours. with financial markets that are more globally integrated than ever, we need reforms that are globally convergent than ever. while we don't need to be the same across all issues, there are a few in scope that are needed to succeed. arbitrage carries real impact. it means a race to the bottom for standards and protections, and it means a potential loss of jobs in the american financial sector. if firms move overseas, and it may increase the possibility of future financial instate if riskier activities migrate to areas with loose transparency and a lack

our remaining witnesses on the second panel are mr. john doddson, a special agent in the phoenix division of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. excuse me. mr. bolindo, lee as he's known is a special agent in the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. and mr. peter porcelli is the supervisor of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. ladies and gentlemen, pursuant to the rules of our committee, all witnesses are to be sworn in order to testify. would you please rise to take the oath? and raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. in order to allow time, particularly with such a large panel, your entire written statement and any inclusive material you want to have put in the record will be placed in the record. so feel free to summarize, try to stay within five minutes. for the field ag

the clerk: leave of absence for mr. john larson of connecticut for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the request is granted. . under the speaker's announced policy of january 5, 2011, the gentleman from texas, mr. flores, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. mr. flores: mr. speaker, most americans remember one year ago tomorrow president obama and vice president biden launched what the white house enthusiastically called the recovery summer. this was supposed to be a six-week long push to highlight what the obama administration said would be jobs created last summer by a surge in federal stimulus spending across the country. senior advisor to the president, david axlerod, said, and i quote, this summer will be the most active recovery act season yet with thousands of highly visible road, bridge, water, and other infrastructure projects breaking ground across the country. giving the american people a firsthand look at the recovery act in their own back yards and making it crystal clear what the cost would have

the one piece of information that i got from john is that -- mr. haley, is that if we did not use this level of overtime we would not provide the 98% of service we are providing, it would sink to 96 pk or below level service. the bottom line is, if we don't use overtime, you are impacting service delivery. >> one additional fact i want to point out if a statistical standpoint, scheduled overtime, built into the skell jewels, built off the contract an scheduling capabilities but built off the work rules and policies in our contracts, is approximately 80% of the overtime that you're seeing here. there's actually the remain 20g% is kind of what you call management discretion or unscheduled overtime that we do have some clear day-to-day responsibility in terms of controlling. as we go through these contract negotiations, once we hopefully have a negotiated contract or arbitrated contract, that will change the rules of the game in some way in terms of overtime usage, sick leave usage, all those things that we have discussed with you as a board. >> so th

our remaining witnesses on the second panel are mr. john doddson, special agent in the phoenix division of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. excuse me. mr. bolindo, lee as he's known is a special agent in the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. and mr. peter porcelli is the supervisor of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and explosives. ladies and gentlemen, pursuant to the rules of our committee, all witnesses are to be sworn in order to testify. would you please rise to take the oath? and raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please be seated. in order to allow time, particularly with such a large panel, your entire written statement and any inclusive material you want to have put in the record will be placed in the reco. so feel free to summarize, try to stay within five minutes. for the field agents

please join me in welcoming mr. john ratzenberger. [applause] john? [applause] >> thank you, thank you. the best definition of the road to success that i've heard is winston churchill. he said that success is a result of going from failure to failure with enthusiasm. [laughter] he's also the man who said never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down. go figure. [laughter] when i was a young man growing up in the seaside village of connecticut -- [cheers and applause] great to have you here. [laughter] have you searched them for weapons? [laughter] much of my winter indoor time was spent reading books. now, books then were made of paper and didn't require batteries or a wall socket. the words were just right there like they were waiting for you. my first favorite author was james cooper, the writer of the deer slayer hawkeye. there was a protagonist played by daniel day louis in the last of moo -- hohekans. the locals gave him the name the deer slayer and hawkeye, but the town folk knew him as that -- nathanial. what fascinates me blot

john, jill. . . mr. jacobson . . . what's it like driving the fusion hybrid?t is operating by pushing a button. it's like driving a computer. what would be the hardest thing for you to give up? the miles per gallon, the fuel. when you're used to filling your car up once a week, then suddenly it's every three weeks, believe me it'll be a big difference going back. dinner with the girls tonight. i really want dessert. i better skip breakfast. yep, this is all i need. [ stomach growls ] [ female announcer ] why skip breakfast when you can start your morning with new special k multigrain oats and honey, a whole new blend of rolled oats and honey kissed multigrain flakes. it's a delicious way to get your whole grains and make your breakfast beautiful. ♪ >>> francesco builds an early lead. >> hang on, boys, here comes the dirt. >> slide, baby. >> it's time to make the move. get on the outside. show them. >> 10-4. >> oh, boy. brought to a screeching halt. >> he's the first to take advantage. >> just like that folk, francesca's lead is left in the dust. >> jimmy: that

john. i'm here with mr. marquez sterling. he's a retired professor from plymouth state university, and he's got a question about jobs. >> yes. mr. gingrich said that 14 million people are unemployed. my question is this. the democrats say that the republicans don't have any plans to create jobs. jobs in the private sector, not in government jobs. i'd like to know what are those plans? >> mr. cain, let's start with you tonight. let's be as specific as i can. what would you do as president of the united states to create jobs? >> the thing we need to do is to get this economy boosted. this economy is stalled. it's like a train on the tracks with no engine. the administration has simply been putting all of this money in the caboose. we need an engine called the private sector. that means lower taxes, lower the capital gains tax rate to zero, suspend taxes on repatriated profits. make them permanent. uncertainty is killing this economy. this is the only way to get this economy moving, and that's to put the right fuel in the engine

mr. supervisors. -- we have been talking to supervisor john avalos from district 11. join us next time when we will be back with one of our >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you

mr. potato head, you know years ago i said, you know, john lasseter who is a wonderful guy came and said,- 16 years ago believe it or not i've been doing these disney things as mr. potato head. he said, you'll become, you know a doll, and you'll be like mr. potato head. i said, i don't do that, will you please, geez, leave me alone. and then all of a sudden i got the check and i said -- and the wife started putting on the jewelry, and i said, this is a good thing. [ laughter ] and dollar and all of those people up there, and they're great people at disney. >> jimmy: well, they're lucky to have you, i'll tell you that. >> and i'm lucky to be on you're show. ooh. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i'm sure this is a real thrill for you. [ applause ] well, i'll tell you what, if you've not seen don rickles live in concert, you must absolutely make a pilgrimage to mohegan sun casino and resort in connecticut on august 6th. he will be appearing there live. the great don rickles, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with trick shots and mike tyson too. [ cheers and applause ] my contacts

john conyers says mr. chairman, will yield. they'll start whispering, here comes. he's going to scream about these guys. they're just putting these guys and i'm just thinking conyers is going to kill us. john conyers started saying i joined with my colleague, the chairman of welcoming congressman jim rogan. congressman rogan, what a fine man, a great state name. [laughter] and he is going and on about what a wonderful addition. all these republicans around me are starting to do this, looking at me. you know, what is this all about. and i am just sitting there. and i look at me very suspiciously. i go on, to welcome congressman rogan to the committee. he said, mr. chairman, i yield the balance of my time. so at the time the campaign memorabilia holds me up. i was in on the very long when newt gingrich called and said he had a homework assignment for me indicates me because you said i'd do a prosecutor and a judge. he said, you know, we don't know what is going to happen with this. the special prosecutor was working in secret. we didn't do what he was putting together

mr. hailey regarding the twin peaks tunnel operation speed. john? >> thank you. good afternoon, again. twin peaks tunnel. the question has been raised about the kind of service and are we run aring it on the proper street in the tunnel. and is this something that we've looked at for a while. i think it's important that we put on the table the pro vile the tunnel is a critical part of our system three lines to traverse the tunnel and the tunnel is two miles long. i wanted to make a point on the tunnel. not the fact that it was dedicated in 1917 and opened in 1918 for purposes of showing that i know that world war i ended at that time. but something to say that the tunnel was designed as a streetcar operation and there's a little difference between a streetcar and a modern light rail operation. so as i said towards the end of world war i as the city expanded moved westward, the opening of the twin peaks tunnel remain as critical part of our light rail infrastructure. one of the things to note on there -- 18 minutes travel time from west portal to embarcadero. that's the current travel ti

mr. chairman, john kerry, for your work on this. i want to thank the others who helped work on this. i know other senators did, in addition to senator mccain. on our side i know senator durbin, senator cardin and others had a lot to say. this is important, and i sew appreciate your willing -- and i so appreciate your willingness and your staff's willingness to work with us because words matter, intent matters. and i think we've cleared it up, and i'm feeling a lot better about this resolution, and i would yield back my time to senator kerry. mr. durbin: mr. president, first, let me thank my colleague from california, spwofrpblgts i want to associate -- from california, senator boxer. i want to associate myself with her remarks and colloquy with senator kerry. is the pointed questions asked by senator boxer and the responses given by senator kerry are consistent with what he has described to me as the legislative intent of this resolution. mr. president, i'm a newcomer to the senate foreign relations committee. it's my first year serving. i sit way at the end of the table, even though

mr. walton from the department of technology. >> good afternoon. john walton, department of technology. briefly, we have a for your slides to go over with you -- we have four slides to go over with you. i brought some hard copy is just in case folks wanted to follow along. briefly jumping into the slide, i wanted to revisit for a moment, we had a lot of conversations around technology in the city. just to remind everyone, to put our department in context, i was listening to the hearings this morning. i was glad to hear, frankly, many of the department's talking about how important technology is to them in delivering their services, how they are looking to improve their technology. our department is making sure -- in charge of making sure there are good data centers and a secure robust network they can run these applications over and police department initiatives together and working with them. right now, we are going through a multi-year process, as you are all aware. a decrease in the size of our apartment. but the good news is that even in the light of decreases in our budget, we stil

mr. cooper is a graduate of the university of michigan, so even though -- i will welcome you. and then, last encircling not least is john damgard who has been president of the futures industry association for nearly 30 years. mr. dam guard has a record of public service with stents at the usda and the white house and served as deputy assistant, acting assistant, secretary of agriculture responsible for major marketing and regulatory functions at the usda, so we welcome all three of you and we will ask mr. connor to go first. >> chairwoman, staff and ranking member robertson member of the committee, thank you for holding this hearing today to review the implementation of the dodd-frank act. i appreciate the opportunity to be here to discuss the role of the over-the-counter derivatives, market and helping farmers and more specifically farmer owned cooperatives that manage commodity prices risks which is such an important factor today. before proceeding further with my testimony, chairwoman stabenow i just do need to say though that while my remarks express some degree of criticism against the commodities futures trading c